Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship

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Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2024 Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship
Colours of Offaly.svg
Irish Craobh Iomána Idirmhéanach Uíbh Fháilí
Code Hurling
Founded1929
TrophyFr Carey Cup
Title holders Colours of Laois.svg Carrig & Riverstown (3rd title)
First winner Colours of Laois.svg Tullamore
Most titles Colours of Limerick.svg Coolderry, Colours of Mayo.svg Birr (5 titles)
SponsorsMolloy Environmental Systems

The Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1929.

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History

The intermediate championship dates back to 1929. It was the third hurling championship to be established in Ofaly, and was seen as a stepping stone between the senior and junior hurling championships.

Over the years the championship proved difficult to sustain. There were no finals in 1940 and 1941, while the 1949 decider was declared void. In 1959 the championship was suspended, however, it was revived in 1963, only to be suspended again until 1978. It has remained a staple of the hurling calendar since then, however, it has undergone some major changes. Originally played as a straight knock-out championship, the competition was eventually expanded to feature a group stage which provided more games.

Format

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months. The championship includes a group stage which is followed by a knock-out phase for the top teams.

Eight clubs currently participate in the Intermediate Championship.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2024 Teams

The 8 teams competing in the 2024 Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship are:

TeamLocationColoursChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Kerry.svg Ballinamere BallykimurrayGreen and yellow42017
Colours of Limerick.svg Coolderry Coolderry Green and white62024
Flag of Liechtenstein (1852-1921).svg Drumcullen DrumcullenBlue and red12010
Colours of Cork.svg Edenderry Edenderry Red and white31963
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Seir Kieran Clareen Black and amber41947
Flag of Liechtenstein (1852-1921).svg Shamrocks Mucklagh Blue, red and green32022
Colours of Cork.svg Shinrone Shinrone Red and white42020
Colours of Clare.svg St Rynagh's Cloghan and Banagher Blue and gold41993

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Carey Cup. [1]

There is promotion and relegation involving the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship and the Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship.

The Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship is an integral part of the wider Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Offaly county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship. They often do well there, mar shampla, Ballinamere won the 2013 Leinster title after winning the Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship. [2] While Shamrocks and Lusmagh were in Leinster finals in 2014 and 2016 respectively, after winning the 2014 and 2015 Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championships. [3] [4]

List of finals

List of Offaly IHC finals

YearWinners [5] Runners-upVenue
ClubScoreClubScore
2024 Coolderry 3-12 Drumcullen 1-12
2023 [6] Carrig & Riverstown 1-20 Coolderry 2-11 O'Connor Park
2022 [7] Shamrocks 1–12,
4-24 (r)		 Seir Kieran 2-09,
0-09 (r)		 O'Connor Park,
St Brendan's Park (r)
2021 [8] Birr 0-16 Shamrocks 1-12
2020 Shinrone 1-14 Coolderry 1-12 O'Connor Park
2019 Clara Seir Kieran
2018 Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-16 St Rynagh's 0-11
2017 Ballinamere 0-16Brosna Gaels2-05
2016Clodiagh Gaels1-21 Carrig & Riverstown 1-09
2015 Lusmagh Clodiagh Gaels
2014 [9] Shamrocks 0-22 St Rynagh's 1-06 O'Connor Park
2013 [10] Ballinamere 2-19 Kilcormac–Killoughey 1-14 O'Connor Park
2012 [11] Lusmagh 4-11 St Rynagh's 2-14 O'Connor Park
2011 [1] Brosna Gaels 0-13 St Rynagh's 0-8 O'Connor Park
2010 [12] Drumcullen 0-12 St Rynagh's 1-06 O'Connor Park
2009 [13] Brosna Gaels 2-15 Birr 1-14 O'Connor Park
2008 [14] Ballyskenagh 0-12 Birr 0-09 Shinrone GAA Grounds
2007 Birr Ballinamere
2006 Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-10 Birr 1-11
2005 Coolderry 3-04 St Rynagh's 0-07
2004 Belmont 0-21 Kilcormac–Killoughey 1-04
2003 Clara 0-15 Coolderry 2-06
2002KillavillaW/O Coolderry Scr.
2001 Coolderry 2-09 St Rynagh's 1-10
2000 Shamrocks 0-09 Coolderry 2-01
1999 Birr 2-12 Shamrocks 1-07
1998 Birr 1-16 Ballinamere 0-06
1997 Birr 2-16 Ballinamere 1-09
1996 Carrig & Riverstown 1-10 Ballinamere 1-09
1995 Ballyskenagh 2-11Killeigh/Raheen0-10
1994St. Carthrage's/Mucklagh1-08 Ballinamere 0-09
1993 St Rynagh's 2-07St. Carthrage's1-07
1992 St Rynagh's 2-08St. Carthrage's1-06
1991 Shinrone 1-13 Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-11
1990 Ferbane Birr
1989 Tullamore 2-15 Kinnitty 0-08Kilcormac
1988 Coolderry 5-07St. Carthrage's1-06
1987 St Rynagh's 2-07St. Carthrage's1-09
1986 Coolderry 2-09St. Carthrage's0-06
1985 Coolderry St Rynagh's
1984 Killoughey 1-15 St Rynagh's 0-06
1983St Saran's2-04 Killoughey 1-04
1982 Kilcormac 1-14 St Rynagh's 0-04
1981Killeigh1-07 Kilcormac 0-07
1980 Killoughey 2-07 Kilcormac 2-05
1979 Ballyskenagh 1-13 Killoughey 1-08
1978 St Rynagh's 4-07 Drumcullen 3-06
1964–1977No competition
1963 Edenderry 5-07 Ballinamere 3-06
1959–1962No competition
1958 Carrig & Riverstown 3-09 Belmont 1-00
1957 Shinrone 6-06 Kilcormac 2-02
1956St Flannan'sFerbane
1955Killeigh Shinrone
1954 Edenderry Shinrone
1953 Ballinamere Belmont
1952Rahan Shinrone
1951White Rovers Ballinamere
1950KilleighRahan
1949Final declared void
1948 Killoughey Shannon Rovers
1947 Seir Kieran Carrig & Riverstown
1946Cloghan Shinrone
1945 Ballinamere Eglish
1944BanagherCloghan
1943 Seir Kieran Clara
1942Killeigh
1941Final not played
1940Final not played
1939Eglish Birr
1938 Seir Kieran Birr
1937Kilcolman Carrig & Riverstown
1936BanagherKilcolman
1935 Edenderry Drumcullen
1934 Clara Edenderry
1933 Tullamore Clara
1932 Shinrone Tullamore
1931 Seir Kieran 5-07 Clara 2-05
1930Rahanw/oMt. HeatonScr.
1929 Tullamore 5-03 Killoughey 0-00

Notes

List of finals

By club

#ClubTitlesChampionship wins
1 Coolderry 61985, 1986, 1988, 2001, 2005, 2024
2 Birr 51997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2021
3 Seir Kieran 41931, 1938, 1943, 1947
Killeigh41942, 1950, 1955, 1981
St Rynagh's 41978, 1987, 1992, 1993
Ballinamere 41945, 1953, 2013, 2017
Shinrone 41932, 1957, 1991, 2020
8 Edenderry 31935, 1954, 1963
Killoughey 31948, 1980, 1984
Tullamore 31929, 1933, 1989
Ballyskenagh 31979, 1995, 2008
Clara 31934, 2003, 2019
Shamrocks 32000, 2014, 2022
Carrig & Riverstown 31958, 1996, 2023
15Banagher21936, 1944
Rahan21930, 1952
Brosna Gaels 22009, 2011
Lusmagh 22012, 2015
Kilcormac–Killoughey 22006, 2018
20Kilcolman11937
Eglish11939
Cloghan11946
White Rovers11951
St Flannan's11956
Kilcormac 11982
St Saran's11983
Ferbane 11990
St Carthage's/Mucklagh11994
Killavilla12002
Belmont 12004
Drumcullen 12010
Clodiagh Gaels12016

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